I’ve met some cool musicians while living in Barcelona and traveling elsewhere. Why not shoot some vids, have some fun and help them spread the word? In that vein, Coldcuts was just created to showcase these pals’ work. This weekend, we shot some tunes with Reuben Palmer in my flat here in the Born:
Category: sight and sound
all things cinematic
Swim Until You Can’t See Land
We salute at the threshold of the North Sea in my mind And a nod to the boredom that drove me here to face the tide and swim (Whoaaaa) I swim (Whoaaa) oh swim (Whoaaa) Dip the toe in the ocean. Oh how it hardens and it numbs. And the rest of me is a…
Temple Grandin: The World Needs all kinds of Minds
Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works — sharing her ability to “think in pictures,” which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of…
Sean Hayes: Garden
The Garden When the morning breaks We will be out walking We will watch the sun Rise above the wall We will ask ourselves What road to take We will catch our hearts You and I decide Where to take our journey How high to fly Love to love our turning You and I Take…
Plastering Walls in Senegal
Team action in Senegal:
Art of the CSA
CSAs require 90 seconds or less of our time and, when done well, can be artful while they make great impact. This is a particularly good example, thankfully tipped off by Julian Gough, who we tip our hat to for it:
Education at its Finest
BFIS and Habitat for Humanity in Senegal A small window into the experience of students from the Benjamin Franklin International School in Barcelona who spent a week near Dakar, Senegal in Keur Mbaye Fall, working in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity. “If we wish to teach fish to swim, it helps if we put them…
Mañaners play in Park Guell
Today, these merry makers were playing in Park Guell just as they are in this clip shot in late December:
Curious Herzog
Our man Werner Herzog reads Curious George in a tone that only the German filmmaker can muster: hats off to @jeremyryancarr for this tasty tidbit
Plaça de Catalunya: Baila!
This evening, I was heading to dinner in Sarriàwhen, to my surprise, upon entering the metro station @ Plaça de Catalunya, I found myself in the middle of a impromptu performance by some Cuban musicians – baila!!!
Designer: Justin Lund
Old pal, Justin Lund, is a gifted designer and is featured in this short film:
The Irony of Beauty
This is an astounding metaphor for our culture and the gravity of our situation as lifeforms on a planet we know next-to-nothing about: enveloped by the inelegance of our current technology, with wires and all kinds of ugly schwack running up and down the walls surrounding and protecting him, Ed Lu is aboard the International…
5D Mark II test
My first test of 5D Mark II using 50mm/1.8 II lens. Converted to 24p thanks to Philip Bloom’s (via Denver Riddle) excellent example. Compressed to mobile-friendly format here via MPEG Streamclip limited to 1400kbps with music by your’s truly.:
Henry Darger: In the Realms of the Unreal
#henrydarger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger hats off for the tip from
Herskovits and the Heart of Blackness
A compelling examination of the career and controversy surrounding Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering American anthropologist of African Studies and controversial intellectual who established the first African Studies Center at an American university and authored, “The Myth of the Negro Past.”: